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L. D. WARNER.

GAME

`(No Model.)

No. 554,752. Patented rieb. 18, 1896.y

UNITED STATES ATENT Price.

LEROY D. VRNEIL OF MOUNT HOLLY, VERMONT.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 554,752, datedFebruary 18, 1896.

Application filed July 10,1895. Serial No. 555,542. (No model.) u

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEROY D. IVARNER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Holly, in the county ofRutland and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Game, ofwhich the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a game, toy, or puzzle, and it has for itsobject to provide a simple, inexpensive, amusing, and at the same timeornamental device designed in its manipulation to provide entertainment.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective.

view of a toy embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of thesame.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theligures of the drawings.

l designates a base provided with a circular depression or basin 2,having an upwardlyconvened floor 3 and an annular depression etsurrounding the conveXed portion. At the center of the depression orbasin is an opening 5, adapted to receive a receptacle or bucket 6,which is supported by a lever or handle 7, to which it is connected by alink 8. This lever or handle is fulcrumed at an intermediate point upona standard 9 rising from the base. Erected over the center of the basinupon pins 10 is a cylindrical curb or well ll, constructed in imitationof masonry, with its lower end elevated sufficiently above the i'ioor ofthe basin to allow the receptacle or bucket when within the opening 5 tobe seen.

In operation the receptacle or bucket is lowered until its upper surfaceis flush with the surface of the iioor of the basin, and rolling objectsor balls l2 which are arranged in the basin are adapted to be introducedinto the receptacle or bucket by tilting or inclining the base. l/Vhenan object has been arranged in this manner in the receptacle, the latteris drawn up by operating the lever or handle, and said object is removedwhen it reaches the top of the curb or well.

In this way the objects are successively received and elevated, and itis obvious that in order to cause the objects to enter the receptaclewithout throwing others outside of the basin care must be exercised andconsiderable quickness must be attained.

The wall of the basin is preferably inclined outward toward its top,whereby the danger of throwing a ball or roller out of the basin isincreased, and hence the difficulty of accomplishing the object of thetoy or puzzle is correspondingly increased.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrilicing any of the advantages of this invention. Y

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A toy having a baseprovided with a depressed basin the floor of which is convexed with acentral opening, a cylindrical curb arranged above the plane of the basewith its bore in alignment with said central opening and supported withits lower end out of contact with the base by means of pins or uprights,a lever pivoted upon a standard rising from the base eccentric with thecurb, a receptacle approximately equal in diameter with the bore of thecurb and the opening in the floor of the basin and adapted to operatevertically in said bore or opening and normally occupy a position withits upper side flush with the surface of the floor of the basin,flexible connections between said receptacle and the inner extremity ofthe lever whereby the receptacle may be elevated through the bore of thecurb by depressing the outer end of the lever, and balls or sphericalrollers arranged in the basin, substantially as speciied.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a toy having a base provided with adepressed basin, said basin having a conveXed licor and anoutwardly-inclined wall, said wall merging into the convexed floor toform an annular depression4E for the reception of balls or sphericalrollers, and an opening formed in the floor of the basin at the apex orcrest thereof to receive a ball or spherical roller when the base ismanipulated to cause the same to .trav- IOO else the Convexed Hoor, anda plurality of my own I have hereto affixed my signature in balls orspherical rollers arranged in the the presence of two Witnesses.

basin, the outwardly-inclined Wall of the basin being adapted tofacilitate the escape LEROY D. VARNER. 5 of the balls from the basin,substantially as lVitnesses:

specified. MARSHALL TARBELL,

FRANK J. vPRADDEX.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as

